Open Court
The list below matches field trip destinations with the popular -- and for Los Angeles Unified schools, popular is putting it mildly -- Open Court Reading© series. Some destinations are an obvious fit, and are listed in boldface. Others may be a bit of a stretch.

Please note:

•  The listing of a destination for kindergarten doesn't mean that your kindergartners will be ready for a trip of this type. If you have concerns, please share them when sending in your request.

•  Not all destinations can be visited comfortably by all schools. The Whittier Museum, for instance, is an easy trip for Winter Gardens, a comfortable trip for most East L.A. schools, and a looong trek for groups from South L.A. If in doubt, please don't hesitate to ask!

•  Please see the Transit Destinations pages for more information on destinations listed here.

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Kindergarten

Unit 1 — School

Unit 2 — Shadows

  • Downtown Los Angeles
  • Debs Audubon Center

Unit 3 — Finding Friends

  • Trip to another elementary school

Unit 4 — The Wind

  • Debs Audubon Center

Unit 5 — Stick To It

  • Watts Towers

Unit 6 — Red, White And Blue

  • Natural History Museum - American History Hall
  • Wells Fargo History Museum
  • Heritage Square
  • Whittier Museum

Unit 7 — Teamwork

Unit 8 — By the Sea

  • Aquarium of the Pacific
  • Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
  • Maritime Museum
  • Natural History Museum - Marine Life gallery

Grade 1

Unit 1 — Let's Read

  • Central Library

Unit 2 — Animals

  • Los Angeles Zoo
  • Aquarium of the Pacific
  • Natural History Museum
  • Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

Unit 3 — Things that Go

  • Any TransitPeople trip
  • Union Station

Unit 4 — Our Neighborhood at Work

Unit 5 — Weather

Unit 6 — Journeys

  • Any TransitPeople trip
  • Natural History Museum - California History Room
  • Autry Museum
  • Maritime Museum

Unit 7 — Keep Trying

Unit 8 — Games

Unit 9 — Being Afraid

  • Los Angeles Zoo
  • Aquarium of the Pacific

Unit 10 — Homes

  • Heritage Square
  • Olvera Street
  • Rancho Los Cerritos
  • El Alisal
  • Pasadena Museum and Fenyes Mansion
  • Gamble House
  • Queen Mary
  • Chinatown

Grade 2

Unit 1 — Sharing Stories

  • Central Library

Unit 2 — Kindness

Unit 3 — Look Again

  • Aquarium of the Pacific
  • Los Angeles Zoo
  • Natural History Museum
  • Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

Unit 4 — Fossils

  • Natural History Museum
  • Page 'Tar Pits' Museum

Unit 5 — Courage

  • Natural History Museum
  • Japanese American Museum

Unit 5 — Our Country and its People

  • Southwest Museum
  • Natural History Museum
  • Rancho Los Cerritos
  • Korean Cultural Center
  • Japanese American Museum and Little Tokyo
  • Chinatown tour
  • Pacific Asia Museum

Grade 3

Unit 1 — Friendship

Unit 2 — City Wildlife

  • Debs Audubon Center

Unit 3 — Imagination

  • Watts Towers
  • Bradbury Building
  • El Alisal
  • Griffith Observatory
  • L.A. County Museum of Art
  • Norton Simon Museum

Unit 4 — Money

  • Wells Fargo History Museum
  • Federal Reserve Bank

Unit 5 — Storytelling

  • Central Library

Unit 6 — Country Life

  • Rancho Los Cerritos
  • Heritage Square
  • Debs Audubon Center

Grade 4

Unit 1 — Risks and Consequences

Unit 2 — Dollars and Sense

  • Wells Fargo History Museum
  • Federal Reserve Bank

Unit 3 — From Mystery to Medicine

  • California Science Center

Unit 4 — Survival

  • Debs Audubon Center
  • Natural History Museum
  • Aquarium of the Pacific
  • Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
  • Los Angeles Zoo

Unit 5 — Communication

  • Wells Fargo History Museum

Unit 6 — A Changing America

  • Natural History Museum
  • Autry Museum
  • Southwest Museum
  • Rancho Los Cerritos
  • Wells Fargo History Museum
  • Whittier Museum

Grade 5

Unit 1 — Cooperation and Competition

Unit 2 — Astronomy

  • Aerospace Museum
  • Griffith Observatory

Unit 3 — Heritage

  • Natural History Museum
  • Southwest Museum
  • Autry Museum
  • Wells Fargo History Museum
  • Olvera Street
  • Rancho Los Cerritos
  • Central Library
  • Japanese American National Museum
  • Chinatown
  • Museum of Latin American Art
  • Pacific Asia Museum
  • Pasadena Museum of History
  • San Gabriel Mission
  • Pio Pico State Park
  • Heritage Square
  • Whittier Museum

Unit 4 — Making a New Nation

  • Natural History Museum
  • Autry Museum
  • Wells Fargo History Museum
  • Whittier Museum

Unit 5 — Going West

  • Autry Museum
  • Natural History Museum
  • Wells Fargo History Museum
  • Whittier Museum
  • Southwest Museum
  • Rancho Los Cerritos
  • Olvera Street
  • Central Library
  • Japanese American National Museum
  • Chinatown
  • Pasadena Museum of History
  • San Gabriel Mission
  • Pio Pico State Park

Unit 6 — Journeys and Quests

  • Olvera Street
  • San Gabriel Mission
  • Whittier Museum
  • Autry Museum
  • Wells Fargo History Museum
  • Japanese American National Museum
  • Chinatown
  • El Alisal
  • Pacific Asia Museum
  • Maritime Museum